In every tv show i've ever seen, in every movie, if someone is alone at home and drinks a glass of wine, it's always in a proper thin glass, long stemmed wine glass.

It always seemed incredibly impractical - they clang around in the dishwasher, they're easy to break if you wash by hand, but do real people really come home and pull out the fancy crystal for a glass of wine all alone???

To me it would seem like pulling out the fancy china when I'm getting my bowl of cheerios when i'm alone and don't have to cook dinner and don;t feel like it. (I don't have fancy china, but if i did...). Or having a tea when i get home from work, and rather than have it in my practical mug, pulling out a teapot and china teacup with saucer. I know it has its appeal, but i just can't imagine bothering when i'm tired and want to relax, which is what these films always depict.

and by the way, the red and green are very nice together i think, Ordo, and makes the red deeper and more appealing.

Unsacred Brewing is a side project of Epic Brewing here in Salt Lake. This is a very nice, drinkable IPA.

mjb.

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I would gladly join you, teamfat, looks indeed like a very nice artisanal unfiltered beer made with a lot of effort. I think it needs the same respect that all artisanal products disserve.

Maybe that's why the rest of the posts are all about what glass to use? Don't get me wrong, I do believe that anyone should do whatever they like at their own home, period. I live in beer country "par excellence" if I may say so but please understand we have our very own rituals in beer serving that are very different than in many other countries.

It's quite nice to have a beer served in its proper glass. When you visit a café in Belgium, you will always drink a beer in its proper, own glass. At home it's a different situation. The die hards will certainly look for the proper glasses with the specific brand name on it, like the ones used in cafés. Let's make a difference between consumption beers à la pils and degustation beers like the one you had. Degustation beers really need a large glass to fully enjoy the aromas and the whole beer savoring experience. Degustation beers are never drank in just a few seconds. A large wine glass like the one I'm showing is perfect for that. Don't go for expensive crystal, a nice cheaper glass will do perfectly. If you want a nice white "collar" as we call it, the glass needs to be completely free of any grease. Can you believe almost the whole bottle went into that glass, there's just one finger high of beer left in the bottle.

The beer in the following picture is called "Omer", an 8° degustation beer brewed at a 10 minutes drive from where I live. This beer is only a few years old but has won an impressive number of prices on the international beer market. Available in many countries!

I'm with you on the tea, ishbel - I always use loose tea too - i like plain unbroken ceylon tea (orange pekoe) which i buy by the kilo. but i have a mesh basket that sits in my mug. I do like nice chinaq for a tea, but i don;t like having a ton of dishes to wash - cup, saucer, teapot

I like my tea strong because i use milk and sugar in it, but i don;t like that excessive tannic flavor that sticks your tongue to the roof of your mouth. Teabags use broken tea which i think releases too much of that.